BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor The days of summer are counting down and in less than a month fall will arrive (Sept. 22), hopefully bringing cooler temperatures with it. The young people have returned to school and stores are already displaying merchandise for Halloween and Thanksgiving, and in a few cases, Christmas. Fewer people…
Stephen Adkins Stephen Barrick Adkins, 48, of Lake Butler, passed away on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. He was born on Dec. 21, 1973, in Jacksonville, to Ernest Adkins and Alyce (Gregg) Adkins. He graduated from Bishop Kenny High School and spent most of his life in…
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Struck child…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Courtney Comer and Mahailya Reeves have excelled on big stages in the past, but their most recent competition topped them all, with Reeves winning the overall gold medal and Comer taking the silver medal for Team USA at the International Powerlifting Federation Sub-Junior and Junior World Championships on Sept.…
BY JADEE O’STEEN Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor The Union County Tigers made quite the statement in front of a standing room-only crowd at Marvin Pritchett Field on Sept. 2, causing four turnovers and getting two touchdowns each from A.J. Cortese and Rayvon Durant in defeating visiting Class 3S Columbia 31-27. This will easily be the…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Mahailya Reeves, 19, who became the first girls high school weightlifter to win four state championships (three for Union County and one for Bradford), excelled on the biggest stage of her career, capturing the overall gold medal for Team USA at the International Powerlifting Federation Sub-Junior and Junior World…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Jordan Hendricks had 23 digs and 26 assists for the Union County High School volleyball team, which rallied from an 0-2 deficit to defeat visiting Bell 3-2 (13-25, 20-25, 25-15, 25-21, 15-13) on Sept. 1. The Tigers (5-0) are now 2-0 in District 6-1A. Hendricks also had three blocks…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School senior Courtney Comer took the silver medal for Team USA in the Sub-Junior/76kg women’s class at the International Powerlifting Federation World Championships on Sept. 2 in Instanbul. Comer finished with a total of 427.5 kg after competing in the squat, bench press and deadlift. That left…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hayden Knight led the Bradford High School golf team, which took second in an Aug. 30 tri-match hosted by Union County High School at Lake City’s Quail Heights Country Club. Lafayette won the match with a score of 173. The Tornadoes had a score of 210, which was 17…
Weightlifters Courtney Comer and Mahailya Reeves, who’ve won state championships at Bradford and Union County high schools, will be competing at the International Powerlifting Federation Worlds in Instanbul. Comer lifts on Friday, Sept. 2, at 10 a.m. EST, while Reeves lifts on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 2 a.m. EST. You may follow their progress via…
